The very large telescope Interferometer: 2010 edition

Pierre Haguenauer; Jaime Alonso; Pierre Bourget; Stephane Brillant; Philippe Gitton; Stephane Guisard; Sébastien Poupar; Nicolas Schuhler; Roberto Abuter; Luigi Andolfato; Guillaume Blanchard; Jean-Philippe Berger; Angela Cortes; Frédéric Dérie; Françoise Delplancke; Nicola Di Lieto; Christophe Dupuy; Bruno Gilli; Andreas Glindemann; Serge Guniat; Gerhard Huedepohl; Andreas Kaufer; Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin; Samuel Lévêque; Serge Ménardi; Antoine Mérand; Sebastien Morel; Isabelle Percheron; Than Phan Duc; Andres Pino; Andres Ramirez; Sridharan Rengaswamy; Andrea Richichi; Thomas Rivinius; Johannes Sahlmann; Markus Schoeller; Christian Schmid; Stan Stefl; Guillermo Valdes; Gerard van Belle; Stefan Wehner; Markus Wittkowski

doi:10.1117/12.857070

21 July 2010 The very large telescope Interferometer: 2010 edition

Pierre Haguenauer, Jaime Alonso, Pierre Bourget, Stephane Brillant, Philippe Gitton, Stephane Guisard, Sébastien Poupar, Nicolas Schuhler, Roberto Abuter, Luigi Andolfato, Guillaume Blanchard, Jean-Philippe Berger, Angela Cortes, Frédéric Dérie, Françoise Delplancke, Nicola Di Lieto, Christophe Dupuy, Bruno Gilli, Andreas Glindemann, Serge Guniat, Gerhard Huedepohl, Andreas Kaufer, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Samuel Lévêque, Serge Ménardi, Antoine Mérand, Sebastien Morel, Isabelle Percheron, Than Phan Duc, Andres Pino, Andres Ramirez, Sridharan Rengaswamy, Andrea Richichi, Thomas Rivinius, Johannes Sahlmann, Markus Schoeller, Christian Schmid, Stan Stefl, Guillermo Valdes, Gerard van Belle, Stefan Wehner, Markus Wittkowski

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Proceedings Volume 7734, Optical and Infrared Interferometry II; 773404 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857070
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) offers access to the four 8-m Unit Telescopes (UT) and the four 1.8-m Auxiliary Telescopes (AT) of the Paranal Observatory located in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. The two VLTI instruments, MIDI and AMBER deliver regular scientific results. In parallel to the operation, the instruments developments are pursued, and new modes are studied and commissioned to offer a wider range of scientific possibilities to the community. New configurations of the ATs array are discussed with the science users of the VLTI and implemented to optimize the scientific return. The monitoring and improvement of the different systems of the VLTI is a continuous work. The PRIMA instrument, bringing astrometry capability to the VLTI and phase referencing to the instruments has been successfully installed and the commissioning is ongoing. The possibility for visiting instruments has been opened to the VLTI facility.

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Pierre Haguenauer, Jaime Alonso, Pierre Bourget, Stephane Brillant, Philippe Gitton, Stephane Guisard, Sébastien Poupar, Nicolas Schuhler, Roberto Abuter, Luigi Andolfato, Guillaume Blanchard, Jean-Philippe Berger, Angela Cortes, Frédéric Dérie, Françoise Delplancke, Nicola Di Lieto, Christophe Dupuy, Bruno Gilli, Andreas Glindemann, Serge Guniat, Gerhard Huedepohl, Andreas Kaufer, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Samuel Lévêque, Serge Ménardi, Antoine Mérand, Sebastien Morel, Isabelle Percheron, Than Phan Duc, Andres Pino, Andres Ramirez, Sridharan Rengaswamy, Andrea Richichi, Thomas Rivinius, Johannes Sahlmann, Markus Schoeller, Christian Schmid, Stan Stefl, Guillermo Valdes, Gerard van Belle, Stefan Wehner, and Markus Wittkowski "The very large telescope Interferometer: 2010 edition", Proc. SPIE 7734, Optical and Infrared Interferometry II, 773404 (21 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857070

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